Cheryl B. Klein
@cherylklein.bsky.social
I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
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Cheryl B. Klein
@cherylklein.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello, new followers! I'm a children's book editor with 24 years in the business & author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books. I post about books, writing craft, politics, publishing, NYC, my 5-year-old son, & things that make me laugh.
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With the news of the repugnant Operation Charlotte's Web, I can't wait for Homeland Security to release their next programs, Operation Goodnight Moon (defunding NASA), Operation Green Eggs and Ham (defunding the FDA) and Operation Busytown (the worm in RFKJr's brain stages a coup against Mamdani)
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
With the news of the repugnant Operation Charlotte's Web, I can't wait for Homeland Security to release their next programs, Operation Goodnight Moon (defunding NASA), Operation Green Eggs and Ham (defunding the FDA) and Operation Busytown (the worm in RFKJr's brain stages a coup against Mamdani)
Parents and children’s writers, check the alt text here for evidence (if any was needed) that kids’ behavior is eternal
Part 153 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
A big mad letter written by a boy called Theon to his father in the 2nd or 3rd century AD. Theon was grumpy because his father was not going to take him to the big city, Alexandria
Text in the alt
A big mad letter written by a boy called Theon to his father in the 2nd or 3rd century AD. Theon was grumpy because his father was not going to take him to the big city, Alexandria
Text in the alt
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Parents and children’s writers, check the alt text here for evidence (if any was needed) that kids’ behavior is eternal
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
I am very much enjoying PLURIBUS, and it also seems, with each episode, Vince Gilligan was like “Let me find a NEW way to spend as much of Apple’s money as possible.”
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I am very much enjoying PLURIBUS, and it also seems, with each episode, Vince Gilligan was like “Let me find a NEW way to spend as much of Apple’s money as possible.”
This thread is SO cool, up & down.
Part 9 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Samurai helmet (kabuko) shaped like an octopus. 1700s
Samurai helmet (kabuko) shaped like an octopus. 1700s
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This thread is SO cool, up & down.
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Alt text: An illustration playing off Garth Williams’s work in Charlotte’s Web. A b&w pen & ink style sketch of a pig from the back staring at a spider’s web between two posts, with the words FUCK ICE woven into the web’s center. A politically engaged spider dangles down from the web.
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Alt text: An illustration playing off Garth Williams’s work in Charlotte’s Web. A b&w pen & ink style sketch of a pig from the back staring at a spider’s web between two posts, with the words FUCK ICE woven into the web’s center. A politically engaged spider dangles down from the web.
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the ULP strike. 🪶
November 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the ULP strike. 🪶
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The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
The 6yo & a friend are telling an epic joint story with Magnatiles & Legos that has included:
- a jailbreak
- a fire-breathing T-Rex
- a hamburger truck serving unlimited hamburgers
- a Skateboard of Resistance
- a vampire spider (who hates hamburgers)
- multiple explosions
- a “butt gun”
- a jailbreak
- a fire-breathing T-Rex
- a hamburger truck serving unlimited hamburgers
- a Skateboard of Resistance
- a vampire spider (who hates hamburgers)
- multiple explosions
- a “butt gun”
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The 6yo & a friend are telling an epic joint story with Magnatiles & Legos that has included:
- a jailbreak
- a fire-breathing T-Rex
- a hamburger truck serving unlimited hamburgers
- a Skateboard of Resistance
- a vampire spider (who hates hamburgers)
- multiple explosions
- a “butt gun”
- a jailbreak
- a fire-breathing T-Rex
- a hamburger truck serving unlimited hamburgers
- a Skateboard of Resistance
- a vampire spider (who hates hamburgers)
- multiple explosions
- a “butt gun”
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Evelyn Normielib is coming for this administration and its goons
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Evelyn Normielib is coming for this administration and its goons
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USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins plans to make all SNAP recipients reapply and prove "that they literally are vulnerable and they can’t survive without it.”
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins plans to make all SNAP recipients reapply and prove "that they literally are vulnerable and they can’t survive without it.”
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
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It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
Spike Lee Blesses Pope Leo with Knicks Jersey
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
www.vulture.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
How funny would it be to commission a gravestone and have all the standard life & death stuff on one side, and on the other:
MEMENTO MORI, BITCHES
MEMENTO MORI, BITCHES
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
How funny would it be to commission a gravestone and have all the standard life & death stuff on one side, and on the other:
MEMENTO MORI, BITCHES
MEMENTO MORI, BITCHES
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Hey #kidlt, if you visit the show in the next month or so before it comes down (and you should if you’re in NYC and love picture books) be sure to use the official Original Art Show hashtag (below) to help give the show, and the work, more visibility here on Bluesky.
#theoa2025
#theoa2025
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hey #kidlt, if you visit the show in the next month or so before it comes down (and you should if you’re in NYC and love picture books) be sure to use the official Original Art Show hashtag (below) to help give the show, and the work, more visibility here on Bluesky.
#theoa2025
#theoa2025
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
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“there is a point on the graph where things get Worse, and there you will find Ronald Reagan” stays undefeated
it's fascinating that you can see when exactly the Reagan revolution happened
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“there is a point on the graph where things get Worse, and there you will find Ronald Reagan” stays undefeated
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SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY
I came to walk in Green-Wood Cemetery and think about a picture-book revision, only to learn again that cemeteries are TERRIBLE places for writers to think about revision, because there are so many shiny NEW stories everywhere you look. Like this:
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I came to walk in Green-Wood Cemetery and think about a picture-book revision, only to learn again that cemeteries are TERRIBLE places for writers to think about revision, because there are so many shiny NEW stories everywhere you look. Like this:
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This afternoon! If you've ever wondered about how the business side of book publishing works, I'm doing a workshop explaining it this afternoon!
Sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/1926481781...
Sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/1926481781...
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This afternoon! If you've ever wondered about how the business side of book publishing works, I'm doing a workshop explaining it this afternoon!
Sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/1926481781...
Sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/1926481781...
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I might play this as my alarm every morning for the next month
September 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I might play this as my alarm every morning for the next month
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such a succinct title/copy/marketing package with such obvious appeal. Respect!
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such a succinct title/copy/marketing package with such obvious appeal. Respect!
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I will say it again; the Democrats need openly create a list of civil servants called the Dirty Dozen that will be subject to impeachment in 2026, The Constitution provides that “… all civil Officers of the United States” are subject to removal from office upon impeachment.”
November 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I will say it again; the Democrats need openly create a list of civil servants called the Dirty Dozen that will be subject to impeachment in 2026, The Constitution provides that “… all civil Officers of the United States” are subject to removal from office upon impeachment.”
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Another case of my very reliable publishing rule that the cheapest possible way to add a dollop of gravitas to your book on literally anything—prison, terrorist, wolf, fire, pain, sniper, radical, lion, dirt, son, heiress, gun, prometheus, kingpin, edge—is to put the word “American” in front of it.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Another case of my very reliable publishing rule that the cheapest possible way to add a dollop of gravitas to your book on literally anything—prison, terrorist, wolf, fire, pain, sniper, radical, lion, dirt, son, heiress, gun, prometheus, kingpin, edge—is to put the word “American” in front of it.
I got an effing TEXT MESSAGE yesterday on my personal phone from something called “Indie Author Catalogue,” offering to list the books I’ve written on their website. I deleted & blocked.
The annoying thing about the AI author spam is that it could easily just be one person. One Spammer Georg generating this for all of us, repeatedly, because all you have to do is change the name and the emails and then you go do it again to your list.
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I got an effing TEXT MESSAGE yesterday on my personal phone from something called “Indie Author Catalogue,” offering to list the books I’ve written on their website. I deleted & blocked.